Summary

  • Updates for Norfolk

  1. Man charged with murdering wife at old hospitalpublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 22 June 2020

    Michael Cowey, 48, appears before magistrates accused of killing Gemma Cowey.

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  2. Market considered after only supermarket destroyedpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 22 June 2020

    Budgens in Holt, Norfolk, was also home to a post office that was engulfed by flames on Saturday.

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  3. What the papers are saying in Cambridgeshirepublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 22 June 2020

    • The Cambs Times, external is reporting how a restaurant has been busy transforming the outdoor seating area with pods that seat up to six guests to fit in with anticipated Covid-19 rules after lockdown eases
    • The Cambridge News, external reports less than half of primary school pupils invited back under the government’s reopening plans have returned to the classroom in Cambridgeshire
    • The Hunts Post, external shares the story of St Neots crew commander who was runner-up in the Firefighter Rising Star category of the Women in the Fire Service Awards UK
  4. Rescuer swims to save swan tangled in fishing linepublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 22 June 2020

    The RSPCA says the rescue "could so easily have ended in tragedy".

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  5. Murder arrest after 'shocking' death in woodspublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 22 June 2020

    A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police say.

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  6. What the papers are saying in Norfolkpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 22 June 2020

    • The Eastern Daily Press, external is reporting that the county council is working on plans to reopen libraries, but it is tight-lipped about how they would run when they do
    • The Evening News, external is reporting that a field of poppies near Norwich is attracting flocks of visitors armed with cameras
    • The Lynn News, external highlights a plea made by a councillor to get residents to speak up in a fresh battle over housing plans for what might have been the site of a GP surgery
  7. Man with serious head injuries found dead in woodlandpublished at 09:02 British Summer Time 22 June 2020

    A man in his 30s has been arrested after another man was found with serious head injuries in Norwich.

    An ambulance was called to Clapham Woods, off Drayton Road, just before 05:15 and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

    Clapham WoodsImage source, Google

    The arrested man was taken to Great Yarmouth police station for questioning.

    Det Insp Lewis said: "We believe this to be an isolated incident where the victim and suspect are known to each other.

    "I would like to hear from anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in the area of Clapham Woods in the early hours of this morning.”

  8. Town's only supermarket destroyed by firepublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 21 June 2020

    Budgens in Holt, Norfolk, was also home to a post office that was engulfed in flames on Saturday.

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  9. Woman stabbed to death was 'devoted' motherpublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 21 June 2020

    The family of Gemma Cowey, also known as Gemma Marjoram, say they are heartbroken at her death.

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  10. New pictures mark William’s double celebrationpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 21 June 2020

    The prince, who turns 38 on Sunday, posed for photographs at home with his three young children.

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  11. Rapper tackles mental health 'stigma' with albumpublished at 03:25 British Summer Time 21 June 2020

    Cenzy, 29, says he wants his music to "spearhead" positive change for people with mental health.

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  12. Illegally-harvested shellfish 'seized' on coastpublished at 09:13 British Summer Time 20 June 2020

    Police say illegal shellfish picking is an "emerging problem" after significant volumes were found.

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  13. Ings scores as Norwich suffer defeatpublished at 21:22 British Summer Time 19 June 2020

    Three second-half goals from Southampton condemn Norwich to their fourth defeat in five games and dent their Premier League survival hopes.

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  14. Book wholesaler collapses with 450 jobs at riskpublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 19 June 2020

    The majority of Norwich-based Bertram Books' staff will be made redundant with "immediate effect".

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  15. Murder arrest after woman stabbed to deathpublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 19 June 2020

    Police said the victim and suspect were "known to one another"

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  16. William and Kate visit lockdown-hit businessespublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 19 June 2020

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit two independent firms affected by the coronavirus lockdown.

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  17. US fighter pilot killed in crash returned homepublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 19 June 2020

    Lt Kenneth "Kage" Allen died when his F-15C Eagle jet crashed on Monday during a training mission.

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  18. UEA's key worker sanitiser cleans 1.3m pairs of handspublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 18 June 2020

    The last batch of key worker hand sanitiser created on a university campus has been bottled.

    Technicians from the University of East Anglia have created nearly 4,000 litres of the Covid-19 sanitiser over the past 12 weeks, which they reckon has cleaned 1.3 million pairs of hands.

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    UEA opened up labs on its Norwich campus to make the product, supported with supplies from businesses, including Southwold brewers Adnams.

    The sanitiser was distributed to 15 local health and social care facilities, NHS trusts and community organisations in the East of England, but with demand reducing the university says the project has come to a natural conclusion.

  19. Top private school hit by racism allegationspublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 18 June 2020

    A letter to Norwich School says a pupil was asked to apologise for wearing a Black Lives Matter badge.

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  20. Center Parcs to remain closed until 12 Julypublished at 09:11 British Summer Time 18 June 2020

    Holiday park operator Center Parcs, external said its leisure complexes in Elveden and Woburn Forests would remain closed until at least 12 July.

    "Whilst we do not have a confirmed date for re-opening yet, we’re busy working on our reopening plans and we are getting nearer to welcoming our guests back to the forest," it said.

    "We have taken a best-practice approach to our plans at this stage and are now very close to finalising things."

    Center Parcs WoburnImage source, Christine Johnson/Geograph